Total Crime Rate
120.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grayling Close area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 308th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grayling Close (E16 4PB) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grayling Close (E16 4PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Memorial Avenue, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Verbena Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valerian Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pretoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verbena Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Star Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Celandine Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mafeking Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B164 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Germander Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Exning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Memorial Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Memorial Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ladysmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladysmith Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Memorial Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilda Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Under investigation |
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